"This morning, we threw up the bat signal and said, 'Hey, if you're about that life, come out and bless the court and really help us kick off the World Cup,'" Tiffany Fraser, Street Soccer USA Sacramento head of development, said. "This court will be here 'till the final whistle."
"If you look behind me and see the players on this court, most of these people have not ever met each other before, which is really cool," Fraser said. "We have kids as young as 12 out here, 11 maybe. And then we have lifelong soccer lovers out here. I think it's just a real example of how the game can bring people together from all languages, all backgrounds. It doesn't matter who you are off the field. Once the whistle blows, we all speak the same language and we all get to love it together."
She grew up playing the game with her family and is now an assistant coach with them. She said soccer is a passion of hers and that she doesn't know why she didn't start with Street Soccer USA sooner.
Makylah Lenz has lived in Rocklin most of her life and started playing soccer when she was eight. She is now Sacramento Racing FC's goalkeeper.
It's a microcosm of so many communities throughout the nation as we gear up for the start of the World Cup on our home soil.
Fraser said no matter how the USMNT fares, "it's awesome that our country is represented, that our country is hosting."
Street Soccer USA also hosts a Youth Soccer Saturday at their main park on 8th Street, including a Toddler FC for any children under the age of three.
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